>someone like you ... without a clue as to why I'm concerned about the Big-O Except that's not what he said. He clearly does have a clue, he just hasn't actua

>someone like you ... without a clue as to why I'm concerned about the Big-O Except that's not what he said. He clearly does have a clue, he just hasn't actually needed it. And for application development, where most of the work is wiring together libraries, that's sounds about right. Everyone writing code for a living has internalized when to use a map vs a vector. If that is the bar for "fundamental", then this whole discussion is pointless.